Attaching device for check-row machines



(No Model.)

L. SGOPIELD.

ATTAGHING DEVICE FOR CHECK ROW MACHINES.

No. 887,819. Patented Aug. 14, 1888.

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UNITED STATES Parr tries.

LEVI SGOFlE-LD, OF GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN.

ATTACHING DEVICE FOR CHECK-ROW MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,819, dated August14, 1888.

Application filed March 5, 1888. Serial No. 266,178. (No model.)

To to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI SOOFIELD, of Grand Haven, in the county ofOttawa and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Attaching Devices for Check-Row Mechanisms; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis specification, and to the figures and letters of referencemarked thereon.

My present invention relates to devices for supporting and attaching thecheck-row or trating the two sections of the clip detached.

Fig. a is a transverse sectional view illustrating the application ofclip and bracket.

Similar letters of reference in the several fig urcs indicate the sameparts.

The letter A designates my improved bracket, and B the clip. The bracketis made in the form of an open link provided with a straight bar, a, ofapproximately are shape in cross section, the upper or outer surfacefurnished with a series of teeth or notches, a. This bar a is connectedat each end by downwardlyprojecting arms a, whose ends curve or extendinward beneath the bar a, and are joined toa plate, (5', provided withtransverse slots or openings (1., and a flat face standing at a slightangle to the plane of the arms a The clip B, especially designed tocooperate with the bar a of this bracket or link A, is formed in twosections, b b. The section 5 consists, essentially, of a fiat plateprovided on one face with retaining-lugs 0*, while the opposite face isprovided with two parallel ribs, b lying transversely across one end andforming a groove or recess, 2), for the reception of the upper for theaccommodation of the fastening-bolt,

and a perforation or recess, 2), for the reception of a lug on theopposite section. The section I) of the clip comprises a plate, 0,having an elongated slot, 0, for the fastening-bolt, and a log, 0', forentering the perforation or recess If in the section b, while at theopposite end of the plate 0 is fornicda shoulder, c, and atransverselygroovcd cap, 0*, for receiving and embracing the under orinner face of bar a.

The manner of attaching and applying the bracket and clip is as follows:

Referring to Fig. 2, D represents the two seed-boxes secured to theplanter and located on opposite sides thereof, as is usual. E representsthe cross-bar carrying the actuating devices or check-row attachment. Ator near each end of the cross-bar E, and to its under side, is securedone of the clips B bya bolt, (1, passing through the elongated slots inthe two sections, the flat face of section b resting against the underside of the cross-bar, while the clip is prevented from turning on thebolt by the lugs 12 engaging said bar on opposite sides of the bolt. Toeach scedbox D,orequivalent supports, is adjustably attached one of thebrackets A by bolts, (2, passing through the slots a, the face of theplate a resting against and taking its bearing upon the side of thesupport D. The bolts d being loosened, the actuating devices orcheck'row attachment is placed in position above the end boxes, with thegrooved portion b* of section b resting upon the cross-bar a of thebracket. The cross-bar E is now ad j usted forward or backward upon thebrackets I until it stands in the proper position, when by simplytightening the nuts on the two bolts d the whole is clamped and securedfirmly in place. The tooth b engaging the notches in bar a effectuallyprevents longitudinal motion of the clip upon the bracket when the boltd is tightened, and when said bolt is loosened assists in locating andholding the clip and the end of the cross-bar, to which it is attached,in adjusted position while the opposite end of the bar is beingadjusted.

The two sections of the clip are held in their proper position withrelation to each other and the bar a, and are prevented from beingaccidentally misplaced so as to not entirely embrace and thus insecurely hold the cross-bar in position upon the bracket by theshoulders, and the lug on the lower section entering the recess in theupper section; but one of the principal advantages of my improved deviceis its interchangeability, the bracket and clips for both ends being thesame, instead of requiring, as heretofore, two different sets ofdevices, involving an additional set of patterns-the one for theright-hand and the other for the left-hand side of the machine;moreover, a large latitude ofadj ustment is provided, first, by thelocation and adjustment of the brackets upon their supports; second, bythe location and'adjustment of the clips on the cross bar and on the bara of the bracket, and, third, by the radial adjustment of the cliprelatively t0 the bracket, or vice versa, whereby the necessity foraccurately positioning the clip and bracket is avoided, and the wholeadapted for use upon machines of different forms, constructions, anddimensions.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim as new is- 1. Inaplanter, and in combination with the cross-bar or support of theactuating devices and the seed boxes or supports therefor, the brackets,each provided with a plate bolted to the seed-box and carrying a bar, a,connected thereto, and the two-part detachable and adj ustable clipssecured to the cross-bar and holding the bar a of the bracket betweentheir members, substantially as described.

2. The improved connection or support for the actuating mechanism of aplanter such as described, consisting, essentially,of the bracketprovided with attaching-plate and notched bar a and the clips formed intwo sections and provided with a partible bearing embracing the bar a ofthe bracket, a projection engaging the teeth on said bar, and a bolt forclamping said clip on the cross-bar and closing the partible bearingupon the bar a, the whole constructed and combined for operation,substantially as described.

3. The improved clip for connecting the actuating devices or check-rowattachment to a planter,eonsisting, essentially, of the section I),having ribs 1) and recess 2), and the section b, provided with lug cshoulder 0*, and cap 0, the two sections being held together and clampedupon the supporting bracket and cross-bar by a bolt, d, passing throughor engaging the outer section, substantially as described.

4. In a planter such as described, the combination, with the cross barsupporting the actuating devices and the clips secured thereto, ofthereversible and interchangeable brackets, each provided with anattaching-plate, and a bar, a, to which the clip is adjustably applied,substautiall y as described.

5; The improved bracket for supporting the actuating devices-orcheck-row attachment for a planter, consisting of the toothed bar a, twoarms, a, extending from the ends of the bar, and plate a, with inclinedface and united to said arms, substantially as described.

6. In combination with the bracket A, hav' ing the toothed bar a andsecured to the seedbox or equivalent support, the sectional clip B,fastened to the cross-bar and provided with a clamping-bolt andretaining-tooth, substanti ally as described.

7. In combination with the bracket A, having notched bar a and centrallysupported by its plate a upon the seed-box, a clip provided with asectional socket or bearing for the reception of said bar a and a toothengaging the latter, and a bolt engaging said clip to simultaneouslyfasten it to the cross-bar and close the section upon bar a of thebracket, substantially as described.

8. The hereinbefore described improved attaching device for planters,consisting, essentially, of the bracket A,with bar a, arms, and centralplate, the clip B, constructed in two sections and provided withretaining-lugs engaging cross-bar E, a partible socket to receive thebar a and a tooth to enter notches in the latter, a lug on one sectionand recess in the other, and a bolt passing through both of saidsections and the crossbar E to clamp these parts together and inposition upon the bar a of the bracket, substantially as described.

LEVI SOOFIELD.

Witnesses:

E. G. BELL, W. O. SHELDON, J r.

